Friday, February 11, 2005

Wacky chef dude

(via New Scientist)

Excerpt: It is not quite the stuff of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the fare coming out of Homaru Cantu's kitchen is just as bizarre. In Roald Dahl's famous children's book, chewing gum is made to taste like a three-course meal. Cantu, a cordon-bleu chef, has modified an ink-jet printer to create dishes made of edible paper that can taste like anything from birthday cake to sushi.

What fun!

The new york times put out a similar article on this chef last week, but wouldn't load the second page for me so i said pah! in disgust and forgot about it. But i've found it again, on one page, go see it if you've registered. I particularly like this paragraph:

He is testing a hand-held ion-particle gun, which he said is for levitating food. So far he has zapped only salt and sugar, but envisions one day making whole meals float before awestruck diners.

Links: New Scientist article, New York Times article.

point and clicky whee bumsie, said the mouse.

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